AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.
[Per Zealandia.] Melbourne, April 7. Hipe won the hundred yards race against Selby, the crieJfSter, easily.
A New York telegram says that the decline in oil is only temporary. Prices here have advanced. ; .. New Zealand oats have sold at a decline of 'twopence; New Zealaud soft wheat, 5s 7d., Pig iron has been- sold, at tin advance - At a dinner to Mr Fraser, M.P., the Minister of Lands warmly defended the Chairman of Committees against the charges of corruption. Brisbane, April 7. The Queensland Customs revenue for the quarter was £75,000, or au increase of £10,000. Thirty-six cases of fever have been admitted;, to the hospital during the month, some of them terminating fatally. The National Association have resolved to 1 spend £2000 on Exhibition Buildings. A company, with a capital of £5000, has been lormed to endeavor to float the steamer Singapore. Adelaide, April 7. • Ihe population has increased 15,000 during the past year. It is now 225,677. The revenue for the last quarter was £369,893. .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 85, 12 April 1877, Page 2
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169AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 85, 12 April 1877, Page 2
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